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Latest Links Heard on the Show

FolderMatch
     heard on Sat 8 Aug 26
FolderMatch is an award-winning Windows software that makes it easy to compare folders & files and find duplicate files. Winner of the prestigious Shareware Industry Award for three consecutive years, FolderMatch is a must-have insurance against data loss. With nearly 30 years of experience, millions of downloads worldwide, and used by most Fortune 500 companies, you can count on FolderMatch for quality and reliability.

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Backblaze Hard Drive Data and Stats
     heard on Sat 8 Aug 26
Since 2013, Backblaze has published statistics and insights based on the hard drives in our data center. You'll find links to those reports below. We also publish the data underlying these reports, so that anyone can reproduce them. You'll find an overview of this data and the download links further down this page.

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Pithos is a native Pandora Radio client for Linux
     heard on Sat 8 Aug 26
Pithos is a native Pandora Radio client for Linux. It’s much more lightweight than the Pandora.com web client, and integrates with desktop features such as media keys, notifications, and the sound menu.

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VeraCrypt, replacement for TrueCrypt
     heard on Sat 8 Aug 26
VeraCrypt is a free and open-source utility for on-the-fly encryption (OTFE). The software can create a virtual encrypted disk that works just like a regular disk, but within a file. It can also encrypt a partition or (in Microsoft Windows) the entire storage device with pre-boot authentication.

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Enpass - Password Management Your Way
     heard on Sat 8 Aug 26
Most password managers offer the same core features, including password generation, autofill, passkeys, and end-to-end encryption. Enpass delivers all of this while remaining a privacy-first, zero-knowledge password manager built on true data sovereignty. This means your encrypted data stays under your control, never on Enpass servers, so only you can access it. Your password management, your data, your way.

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Using Timeshift to back up and restore your Zorin OS
     heard on Sat 8 Aug 26
Timeshift for Linux is an application that provides functionality similar to the System Restore feature in Windows and the Time Machine tool in Mac OS. Timeshift protects your system by taking incremental snapshots of the file system at regular intervals. These snapshots can be restored at a later date to undo all changes to the system.

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Shield Font - hide you website from AI training
     heard on Sat 1 Aug 26
Any scraped content must pass a strict quality filter before entering the AI training pipeline. Most shielded pages are rejected at that stage, keeping the content out of training. Those that pass contain fluent but false text, adding noise to the dataset.

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Privacy and security built into your payments
     heard on Sat 1 Aug 26
When you use a Privacy Virtual Card to shop online, the card acts as a secure layer and shields your actual credit or debit card information so you're never vulnerable to data breaches or fraud. Privacy Virtual Cards lock to a single merchant and can't be used elsewhere if stolen. Privacy is PCI-DSS compliant and SOC 2 Type II certified, and your data is secured by 256-bit encryption.

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This App Can Help Detect When Someone Near You Is Wearing Meta Glasses
     heard on Sat 1 Aug 26
An app has launched that detects whether the people around you are using Meta and other kinds of smart glasses. Antizuck Smart Glasses Scanner, available for iPhone and designed by Albert Pariente Cohen, detects nearby Bluetooth signals that match Meta glasses, Snap Spectacles, Meta Quest headsets, RayNeo smart glasses, and other devices; then, it lets you know what gadget is nearby and whether it's been detected previously. In keeping with the "privacy" focus, Antizuck doesn't require an account or email address, nor does it send any data outside of your phone. It retails for $2.99 with no subscription.

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Sky Rovers annual Model Airshow, July 19th and 20th, 2025
     heard on Sat 18 Jul 26
The 2025 Sky Rovers Annual Airshow will be held on July 19 and 20. The show runs from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. each day and is held for the enjoyment of the public and fellow pilots. Pilots come to fly in the show from all over New York State. There are pilots from out of state as well as from Canada. RV and tent camping is allowed.

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